If you haven’t eaten a lot of soba noodles in your life today would be a good time to start the year off right. In Japan Soba is often enjoyed on New Year’s Eve as a symbol of longevity according to a recent article in the LA TImes. Check it out here.
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Beautiful crop art has literally sprung up across rice fields across Japan. But, unfortunately for you sci-fi lovers, there is no alien involvement. These works of art have been carefully planted, using different colors of rice plants deliberately arranged and grown in paddy fields. As summer advances, the plants shoot up and the stunning images [...]
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The Obon Festival also referred to as “Day of the Dead,” is a Japanese Buddhist tradition to honor the departed spirits of one’s ancestors. This custom has developed into a family reunion holiday during which people return to their hometowns and visit their ancestors’ graves. This festival recently took place throughout Japan. Those in Japan will notice the trains [...]
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This film is about a 4th grade class in Japan, who’s students keep journals and share them with their class. The footage is pretty amazing….makes us want to go back to grade school all over again. Thanks to one of our favorite blogs, Tokyo Mango.
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If you answered “yes” you are clever. We found a great blog called go ramen that recently posted a translation of wall in the Shin Yokohama Raumen Museum that lists all the different types of Ramen in Japan. Key stats. There are essentially 26 different types of Ramen and an astounding 10,408 Ramen shops across [...]
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One of our absolute favorite blogs is Gizmodo and they recently posted about a new noodleslide from Bandai. We’re not sure these things are restaurant ready, but you have to admit is you had one of these along side a few sake bombs it could make for an interesting dinner party. Click on the image to see a [...]
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